NO this is NOT mine!

A HUGE congratulations are in order for my little sister Brittany! She found out yesterday that she is having a boy. So far she has had the easiest pregnancy ever, because she just found out last week that she was pregnant. If only we could all be that lucky!



I can't wait to meet baby P.

the monkey is growing up!

Our little monkey is growing up. She turned 7 months old on Sunday and is growing like a weed. She is just on the verge of crawling and I am not sure how I feel about that. She will be ALL OVER THE PLACE!

Per the request of her Aunt Brittany, this post is mainly dedicated to showcase our growing girl.

she loves riding in the stroller. i love when she starts to get tired when we are walking around, because she just chills.

on our way to elle's first football game, she fell asleep.

On the first day of school, it was Mathew's birthday (Happy Birthday Mathew!)
this is elly (our neighbors daughter). elle just loves elly! she is hilarious and at 21 months old speaks better than some 4 yr olds.

i made some abelskebers....delightful.
elle gets the biggest kick out of mathew tickling her



in a lame effort to copy elle's best friend (ava) and her material bow.

she goes about one crawl and then pancakes. Almost caught it on camera.

the move to provo

As many of you know we moved to Provo, Utah in August for Mathew to start the MBA program at BYU. The drive was long, but we had Ben to assist with the driving! He was a huge help. I honestly don't know what we would have done without him. (Thanks B!)

These are some of the photos we took along the way (from the car). Mostly in Southern Utah, because it is gorgeous.

the sunflower fields were incredible. we weren't ever able to stop, so hopefully this photo will do the region a bit of justice.

Our little Elle was such a trooper!

As soon as we arrived, Mathew had to leave to go on a rafting trip. It was just Ben, Elle and I. We made our way up to Park City, where we putzed around for a bit.
again, she is such a little trooper!

We drove up to the Olympic Village and this was the view from the top. Ben and I both got a bit sick on the way back down to Salt Lake City. Neither of us were use to the altitude.

We were also able to meet up with the Vincent side of Mathew's family and eat dinner. It was so fun and the first time they all met Elle.

San Diego

We went to San Diego the first week of August for Nick and Cassie's wedding. It was fantastic and they both looked fabulous.

the groom, elle and the (beautiful) bride

mathew and nick ryan (nephew)
tyler (nephew)abby (niece)

abby was such an excellent helper with elle. she even carried her around in the bjorn!
elle loved being around her cousins!
ryan, amelia and tyler

tyler and ben

janet, mathew and elle. she is fascinated by the football

i have two more cd's worth of pictures from the trip, but can't find them. keep checking back for updates with the rest of the photos!

Port Aransas

I know this post is way past due, but now that we are at a holding point for awhile, I figured I would try and update. Mathew and Elle watching fireworks.
Pop (James) and Elle checking out the mirror.
Mathew and Parker are hunting for ghost shrimp.

Mathew and Elle are worn out after a long day at the beach.

Mathew, Elle and I went to Port Aransas, Texas (the beach) for the 4th of July. We had a great time, even though there were enormous amounts of seaweed and spurts of rain.

baby and birthday

It has already been a busy week for us and it is only Wednesday! As mentioned last post we took Elle to her 4 month appointment Monday where she had her first set of shots. We decided to delay her vaccinations, because we didn't feel comfortable giving her shots at 2 months when we hadn't taken the time to learn about them, so we decided to follow Dr. Sears suggested delayed scheduled that we found in The Vaccine Book.


Mathew wasn't able to make it to her appointment, so my mom came with me (thanks mom!) Then she stayed the night with us and watched Elle while Mathew took me on a date to Capital Grille where we ate the Dry Aged Porterhouse Steak. It was an INCREDIBLE birthday dinner (thanks Mathew!!)

Mom and Elle
note the 2 purple band aids on her chub-a-luba legs.She was even feeling up to playing with her favorite jungle gym toy.

On Tuesday (happy 26th birthday to me :) Mathew took the day off work and came over to Mom and James' house to hang out. I was able to lay out a bit by the pool while Mathew and Mom played with Elle...it was such a nice treat!

Elle doesn't really know what to think about the hat. I think she looks so cute!
Elle and moi

Then today (Wednesday) Sarah, Tasha, Desiree and I got together and had lunch to continue the celebration of my birthday and Sarah brought cupcakes from Sprinkles and they were delicious (thanks guys!)

We also started Elle on rice cereal today (more pictures to follow). It has been hilarious to say the least.

4 months old and growing

We took Elle to her 4 month appointment yesterday and here are her stats:

16 lbs. 9 oz (95% of weight)

25 1/2 in. (90% of height)

Things we like to do:

(and then just some fun pictures of Elle)

read in the bath
chew on everything in sight
sleep on daddy's shoulder

wear clothes that fit a 6 month old

Elle likes to sit on her Daddy's shoulders and drool on his head while he is studying

Elle loves to give kisses...it is so sweet.